budgie

noun

bud·gie ˈbə-jē

: budgerigar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But neither are our times fair to all those dogs named Karen, or that one budgie named Omicron Variant BA5. —

New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022 The blue melanin is actually gray-black, and only appears blue because of the peculiar formation of the budgie’s feather barbs. —

Harry Taylor, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021 Occasionally a naturally occurring mutation removes one of the pigments to produce a yellow or blue budgie. —

Harry Taylor, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021 In fact, members of the parrot family, like budgies and cockatoos, are even better at syncing their movements to a beat than chimpanzees are, wrote Dr. Hattori. —

Susan Pinker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020 Kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, dingoes, jumping spiders and wild budgies are featured in the Australia episode, according to NPR. —

Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2020 Guests can also feed lorikeets, budgies and flamingos throughout the day in the Flights of Fancy area. —

Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2019 Most budgies are green thanks to a yellow pigment, psittacofulvin, mixing with a blue hue created by light bouncing off tiny structures on the birds’ feathers. —

Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2017 See More

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